AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kevin Harvick had a nice send-off with Richard Childress Racing, winning his penultimate race with the team at Phoenix International Raceway.

Back at Phoenix four months later, he stamped his arrival at Stewart-Haas Racing by winning the second race with his new team — doing it on the same weekend he celebrated his 13th wedding anniversary, no less.

Yeah, Harvick kind of likes it here in the desert.

Disappointed at the Daytona 500 after a last-lap crash, Harvick bounced back quickly by charging to the front and dominating the rest of the way Sunday to win consecutive races at PIR with different teams.

“Man, this is awesome,” Harvick said.

Harvick won the fall race after Carl Edwards ran out of fuel at the white flag.

He needed no help Sunday.

Harvick had the fastest car in practice and kept it rolling in the race, charging to the front after starting 13th and pretty much staying there. He led 224 of 312 laps on the odd-shaped mile oval and pulled away on several late restarts for his fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup series victory at PIR, passing Jimmie Johnson for the most at the track.

Harvick won at Phoenix during the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship in the fall, giving him an outside shot at catching Johnson for the series title in his final season with Richard Childress Racing. He came up short, but the victory and a third-place finish in the standings gave him a bit of momentum heading into his first season with Stewart-Haas.

Harvick had a solid finish in his sights at Daytona last week before a last-lap crash dropped him to 13th.

At Phoenix, Harvick just missed the final stage of knockout qualifying, nipped by 0.001 seconds, but had the fastest car in Saturday morning’s final practice session.

He had no trouble making his way through the field after the green flag dropped in the race, passing Keselowski on the apron, then Logano for the lead on lap 74.

Harvick maintained the lead coming out of green-flag pit stops with just under 200 laps left and again with about 70 laps left.

A series of cautions came out late in the race, and Harvick easily pulled away each time to earn a quick win with SHR a nice capper to his anniversary weekend with wife DeLana.

“I’m just the lucky guy who gets to drive around the racetrack when they have dialed in like they did today,” Harvick said. “We were able to put it altogether.”

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